150 years later, paper retracts its editorial about the ‘silly’ Gettysburg address
In 1863, the Harrisburg, Pa. paper then known as the Patriot & Union published an editorial…
November 14, 2013
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Correction: Local tree is not protected by security guards
Canada's Hamilton Spectator today published an amusing correction to a letter to the editor that…
October 22, 2013
London Evening Standard apologizes for calling woman a prostitute
The London Evening Standard issued an apology for wrongly calling the girlfriend of artist Sebastian Horsley…
September 23, 2013
New York Times correction confuses male grooming and Charles Manson
A New York Times story badly mangled the subject of Morgan Spurlock's new film, as…
September 1, 2013
Newspaper misspells its own name in article about winning awards
The Chronicle Herald of Halifax, Nova Scotia (my hometown paper!) was proud of its six…
May 13, 2013
New York Times issues amusing hipster correction
An amusing New York Times article about the hipster lifestyle in Brooklyn led to an…
May 3, 2013
Tampa Bay Times correction admits reporter ‘not strong in the ways of the force’
The Tampa Bay Times, which is owned by Poynter, has offered up one of the…
April 10, 2013